Create my own roads?

First let me say I know nothing of building roads or keeping them up. My father inlaw is the prepper type, and he also happens to make a lot of money. So he bought a section in oklahoma and he intends to buy several more. Apparently he is turning them into some kind of self sufficient cattle ranch for the family in the event that it would be needed. Iirc a section is slightly over 300 acres.

We went there for a visit and it looks to me like he's doing pretty good getting everything all set up, except for the roads. He seems to be having some real problems with his roads on the property. He's got some heavy equipment that he used to knock the necessary trees out of the way, but then the dirt road that was created (in a given area) always ends up washing out and becoming what looks like a tiny canyon. Where your atv may tip over if you get a tire down in there. And of course the part you drive on is now very narrow and somewhat difficult to stay on the road. And don't even think about taking a car or truck down there, it won't end well. But when the dirt road was first made, it would have been fine to drive his F350 down it.

Deep ruts that are a foot deep or more, have taken over many parts of the dirt roads. So I wanted to ask you guys if you've got any experience with creating good roads that don't wash out very easily and are prone to... actually staying roads. And not becoming a mess that is hard to traverse.

How cheaply this can be done? Will bricks be needed? What all types of materials will be involved? The amount of road that will be needed, makes it prudent to make the roads inexpensively if at all possible.

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Create my own roads?